Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I want to make very clear a number of things. One is that the government takes all appointments, but particularly the appointments to the Future Fund, very seriously. We believe it is extremely important that the fund be above politics. I do not intend, given the current speculation, to comment on any speculation around government appointments to this body. The position of chair is obviously extremely important and the government's approach has consistently been, and will consistently be, that the best individual for the job will be appointed, and an announcement will be made in due course. I do not intend to engage in speculation around this. I do want to make this point—that, once an appointment has been announced, I will be very happy to take questions about that process and the detail of same.